Behavioral Health Practitioner IV (Children and Family Services)

State of Nebraska•Pending Location Assignment (PLA) - no city, NE

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Practitioner IV is a licensed mental health professional on the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services’ Children and Family Services Clinical Coordination Team. The role supports youth with high-acuity mental health and behavioral needs by providing therapeutic guidance to youth and their professional teams, helping stabilize symptoms, maximize least-restrictive supports, and promote resiliency. The practitioner determines youth needs and provides complex therapeutic services, completes behavioral health assessments, leads a care coordination team for each eligible youth, and participates in interdisciplinary care planning. The practitioner also provides clinical guidance to case managers, care team members, direct staff, practicum students, and volunteers. Work is performed under the supervision of a Behavioral Health Practitioner Supervisor, Nurse Administrator, or Administrator. For clinical programs with assigned patients, duties include consultation with CFS case managers and other professional parties; comprehensive assessments; individual, family, and provider-team meetings; gathering social and behavioral information; contributing to care coordination plans; and monitoring progress and recommending plan adjustments. For quality oversight programs, duties include reviewing records and other documentation for compliance with federal regulations, liaising with service agencies, conducting follow-up assessments, and assisting with resource, policy, and program development and evaluation. The position is available statewide, contingent on office space availability.

Requirements

For Behavioral Health Practitioner IV: Nebraska licenses as a Mental Health Practitioner and Alcohol and Drug Counselor, or an Independent Mental Health Practitioner license.
Meet applicable Nebraska licensure requirements under Nebraska State Statutes 38-2122, 38-2124, and 38-316.

Responsibilities

Determine youth needs and provide complex therapeutic services.
Complete behavioral health assessments and, where applicable, comprehensive assessments for an assigned caseload.
Lead a care coordination team for each eligible youth.
Participate in interdisciplinary teams and care planning for assigned youth, as applicable.
Provide clinical guidance to case managers, care team members, direct staff, practicum students, and volunteers.
Provide clinical consultation to CFS case managers and other professional parties, including clinician-to-clinician consultations for collateral information from therapists and medical parties.
Conduct individual, family, and provider-team meetings to support care coordination, as applicable.
Compile social and behavioral information from various sources and share relevant social history and psychosocial assessment information with interdisciplinary teams.
Participate in developing active care coordination plans for youth.
Monitor and evaluate youth progress toward established goals and recommend adjustments to care coordination plans.
Review medical records, case files, reports, journals, and other documentation to verify compliance with federal regulations in quality oversight programs.
Serve as a liaison with service agencies to support efficient and continuous service delivery.
Conduct follow-up assessments and evaluations and assist with resource development and policy and program development and evaluation.